Flowerbird

Good morning and welcome to my blog.  At the end of the week I'll have both my boys home for a school holiday break for two weeks.  I'm so looking forward to having some family time together.

It's Wednesday which means it's another wonderful
 Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.  Congratulations to our winner and to our top 3 cards great work everyone.

This week we have another great sketch by Sally which is really easy and looks great.

Sketch #59

Here's my card using our sponsors image Bugaboo Digi Stamps and a quick peek of the inside as well.

I just love Bugaboo Digi Stamp's there's something for everyone just so much to choose from.

Bugaboo Stamps

Bio:

Everything that you ever wanted to know about Bugaboo Stamps:  As if raising 5 children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the work of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. Bugaboo Stamps has become one of the leading companies in digital images. From seiously snarky to sugar sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects.  Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week!!  If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps at Totally Stampilicious.  And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT for the weekly Challenges at Catch the Bug.

Store www.bugaboostamps.com

Challenge Blog:  http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com

This week our prize is

I just love Bugboo Stamps!!!

Don't forget to visit the rest of the design team and check what our wonderful DT have created for you this week using Bugaboo Stamps over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.

Challenges I'm entering:

1. Craft Your Passion Challenge #268 Anything Goes

2. Through The Craft Room Door Anything Goes

3. Top Tip Tuesday Name That Tune Challenge

Yellow Bird by  Michel Mauleart Monton

4. Crafting From The Heart Challenge Anything Goes

5.  Crafty Sentiments Design Summer Challenge

6. Glitter n Sparkle Challenge Sentimental must have a sentiment 

7. Creative Fingers Challenge Anything Goes

8. Brown Sugar Challenge #152 Summer Fun

9. Moving Along With The Times Sewing & Stitching

10. Incy Wincy Designs Challenge Colour Inspiration

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White SU 

2. Coloured Card: Yellow and Black Bazzill

3. Design Papers: American Craft and Kaisercraft

4. Image Flowerbird by Bugaboo Digital Stamps

5. Colour Medium: Copics and Black Embossing pen.

6. Embellishments: Black gems, and black satin ribbon from my stash.

Happy Thoughts by Cuddly Buddly coloured to match the flowers on my image.

7. Tools that were used.

8. Tools: Spellbinders and Stax dies used for this card.

9. Finishing Touches: Inside and the back of my card.

Wishing you all a lovely week and happy crafting and I'm so looking forward to seeing your creations.

Spring Flowers

Good morning and welcome to my blog.  Here it is nearly the end of June already and I can't believe that I've been a Design Team member for Sweet Sketch Wednesday and Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 now 

30th June 2010 here is my first card I ever made as a DT for SSW, yes

 5 years have past by so quickly.

Congratulations to our winner from last week and our Top 3 cards

great work everyone.

As it's the end of the month we have a blast from the past sketch which was created by Arlana Patten the previous owner of Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

Sketch #118-49

  

Here's my card using this great sketch and our new sponsors image from Sweet Pea Stamps.

My blasts from the past:

Sketch #49 on 17 May 2010 (before I was a DT)
Sketch # 118-49 on 7th September 2011

We have a new sponsor this week which is

Sweet Pea Stamps

You can check out their amazing images here there are so many to choose from.

http://www.sweetpeastamps.com/

Don't forget to check out what our dedicated design team have created this week using Sweet Pea Stamps over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.

Challenges I'm entering:

1. Craft Your Passion Challenge #267 Anything Goes
 2.Creative Fingers Challenge #84 Anything Goes
3. Through The Craft Room Door Anything Goes
4. Southern Girls Challenge Ticking, Tacking and Toeing
Lace, Pattern Paper and Roses
5. Incy Wincy Designs Challenge Anything Goes
6. Fan-Tastic Tuesday Challenge #91 Anything Goes
 with a twist A Touch Of Summer

7. Top Tip Tuesday Challenge Name That Tune
The Rose by Bette Midler
8. The ABC Challenge L is for Lace
9. A Gem of  A Challenge # 147 Summertime
10. Whoopsi Daisy Challenge Summer Fun Challenge

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White SU

2. Coloured Card and Paper: Blue Bazzill and Blue handmade paper.

3. Design Papers: Very old papers from Rosies Designs.

4. Image: Spring Flowers by Sweet Pea Designs.

5. Colour Medium: Copics, Black Embossing Pen and Metallic Blue Gel pen. 

6. Tools used.

7. Tools: Stax dies, stitched rectangles and Spellbinders dies, classic circle and lacey circle.

8. Embellishments: Vintage lace, pink rose from my stash and leaf die from Cheery Lyn Designs.

9. Inside my card which is the same as the front expect for the image and rose.

10. Finishing touch the back of my card.

Take care wishing you all a wonderful week and happy crafty.

Mixed Flower Pot

Welcome to my blog today being Wednesday means it's another wonderful Wednesday which means it's a 

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.  

Congratulations to our winner and to our top 3 cards great work everyone.

This week we have another sketch by Sally it's Sketch #58 and this week I rotated the sketch once anticlockwise so that I could fit my image in.

Sketch #58

Here's my card using Mixed Flower Pot by DigiStamp Boutique.

A sneak view of inside my card.

Digi Stamp Boutique

Bio:

All images/designs are created and copyright owned by Sally-Ann Hancock.  My work means the world to me - it allows my passion to draw and create, to fit with my family life too, often the inspiration for my designs.  Hope you enjoy my images as much as I enjoy creating them.

Prize:   £10 voucher 

to spend in DigiStamp Boutique online store

check out Sally-Ann's images here:

http://www.digistampboutique.co.uk/catalog/

also the DigiStamp Boutique Blog

http://digistampboutique.blogspot.co.nz/

Don't forget to check out what the rest of the design team have created this week using DigiStamp Boutique images here.

Challenges I'm entering:

DigiStamp Boutique Challenge for June

Allsorts Challenge #315 Flower Power

Brown Sugar Challenge #150 In The Garden

Stamp and Create June Challenge Summer Fun

Craft Your Passion Challenge #266 Anything Goes

Ooh La La Challenge #182 Here Comes Summer

Creative Fingers Challenge #83 Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door Anything Goes

Southern Girls Challenge Tic, Tac, Toe

Die Cut / Punch, Gold, Patterned Paper

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White SU card

2. Coloured card: Bazzill Basic 

Citrus Slice

3. Design Papers: Floral K & Company and stripes Rosies Studios.

4. Image: Mixed Flower Pot by DigiStamp Boutique

5. Colour Medium: Copics and Black embossing pens. 

6. Tools used:

Spellbinders

Other tools used.

7. Embellishments: Flowers from my stash.

8. Embellishments: Flower and ribbon from my stash.

9. Inside my card.

10. The finishing touch to the back of my card.

Take care wishing everyone a wonderful week and happy crafting.

Pansy's from Bloom and Grow

Welcome to a winter Wednesday here in New Zealand.  Where I am at present there isn't a lot of sunshine, it's rather dark and dull and looks like it's going to rain.

Congratulations to our winner and to our top 3 cards great work everyone it was lovely to see such a variety of cards.

This is a birthday card for a very special friend for next week and I don't believe she looks at my blog so I'm safe to publish this card.

Today is Wednesday which means we have another Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and this week we have another great sketch by Sally.

Sketch #57

Our sponsor this week is

Deedee's Designs

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous Deedee Anderson from Deedee's Digis. Be sure and take a look at her shop. Like the badge says, wholesome digital stamps and papers that will make you smile! Also check out the Deedee's Digis Blog.

Deedee is offering our very lucky winner a

$15.00 Gift Certificate

 to spend at  Deedee's Digis

  https://shop.deedeesdigis.com

Don't forget to drop by Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and check out what the rest of the design team haven created using Deedee's Digis.

Challenges I'm Entering:

Crafty Catz Challenge # 282 Stitching

Brown Sugar Challenge #149 Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge Cut It Out

Allways Something Creative Challenge #100 Anything Goes

Scribble & Scrap Challenge #46 Anything Goes

Glitter & Sparkle Challenge #140 Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin Challenge Something Old & Something New

Old Design Paper about 6 years old and New Dies

Craft Your Passion Challenge #265 Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart Challenge #63 Anything Goes

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #313 

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White SU

2. Coloured Card: Grape by Kaisercraft

3. Design Paper: Pansies by Pavalova Papers

4. Image: Pansy's from Bloom and Grow from Deedee's Designs

5. Sentiment: PC generated using Peggy Font.

6. Colour Medium: Copics

7. Tools: Used

8. Tools: From Spellbinders and Memory Box

9. Embellishments: Silver ribbon, slide buckle and silver corner all from my stash.

10. Finishing Touches:

Inside my card and the back of the card.

Take care have a wonderful week and happy crafting.